Partition for vanity cases



7 May 1, 1923.

WVG. KENDALL PARTITION FOR VANITY cAsE's Filed Oct. 14 1920 Patented May l, 1923.

it i 11;: r a "it winniaivi e. KENDALL, or NEWARK, new JERSEY.

ranrrrron ro'a VANITY oases.

Application filed October 14,; 1920. Serial nol aias iv.

two compartments, each receiving'an individual one of the pads.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a partition member of such construction that it'may be readily stamped or otherwise formed from a single integral rectangular sheet .metal blank and will therefore be inexpensive to manufacture.

Another object of the invention is to'so.

construct the partition member that it will be firmly supported and retained in place within the vanity case when positioned therein.

Another object of the invention is to provide a partition member for use in the connection stated which member will add to the artistic appearance of the case rather than detract from such appearance.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1. is a plan view of a vanity case equipped with the partition member embodying the invention, the lid of the case being shown swung to open position to better disclose the partition member;

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section al view through the case;

Figure 8 is a perspective View of the partition member removed from the case;

Figure 4. is a perspective view of the sheet metal blank from which the partition member is to be stamped or otherwise formed.

In the drawings the body of the vanity case is indicated in general by the numeral 1 and the usual hinged lid by the numeral 2. v

The said body 1 comprises a rear wall 3, a front wall 4, end walls 5, and a bottom 6. The compressed powder pads which are to be retained within. the body of the vanity case are indicated by the numeral 7 and in the present instance there are-two such pads and they are to be individually housed within compartments formed by dividing the interior of the body of the case by vdisposing within the body the partition'embodying the invention. p

The partition embodying the invention is indicated in general by the numeral 8 and the same comprises twoside members each having an intermediate portion 9-, portions 10 which extend at obtuse angles in opposite directions from'the portion 9, and terminal portions ll-which extend at obtuse angles from the ends of the respective portions 10 and which occupy-planes at right angles to the plane of the respective intermediate portion 9. At this point it may be stated that the portionslO and 11 might be merged along curved lines if found desirable althoughthere is an advantage for forming these portions in such manner that they will be relatively angularly disposed, as will be presently pointed out. The side members comprising the "partition are integrally united along'one margin of their intermediate portions 9-by an'integral connecting portion or bend 12, the said portions 9 lying;

side by side and preferably in contact. In assembling the partition member with the vanity case, the said member is disposed -within the mid portion of the-body of the case in the positionclearly shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing and with the end portions 11 of the side members of the partition resting flat against the inner faces of the rear and front walls of the said body of the case, the lower edges of the side members of the partition resting in contact with i the upper surface of the bottom 6' of the said case. The end walls 5 of the body of the vanity case are of arcuate form and by reference to Figure 1 it will be observed that the extremities of the terminal portions 11 of the side members of the partition are lo-,' cated substantially at the point where the end walls 5, merge with the rear and front walls of the body of the case. Consequently when the partition is fitted into the body of the case it will be retained in a position midway between the ends of the said body for the reason that any endwise displacement of the partition would result in the central portions of'the side members riding against the curvedend walls 5 which would tend to force the-terminal portions toward the partition is formed. Also if the terminal portions 11 are formed flat as illustrated in the drawings, they will have maximum area bearing trictionally against the faces of the rear and front walls of the case body so as to further resist any endwise displacement of the partition within the body. The partition when disposed within the body divides the body into two compartments, and into these compartments 'may be readily fitted the compressed powder pads 7 which pads will then be separated so that dust from one cannot commingle with the other. Also the case is designed'to contain powderpuffs which are indicated by the numeral 13 and which will be maintained separated by the said partition.

The partition embodying the invention is, as previously stated, formed from a single integral metal blank which is illustrated in Figure i of the drawings and is indicated by the reference letter A. This blank is of rectangular form and preparatory to stamping up of the blank it is formed with longitudinally extending incisions B along its media]. line which incisions terminate at their inner ends in spaced relation so that when the blank is folded up the intervening:

I portion will provide the connecting bend 12.

Having thus described the invention, what -is claimed as new is:

1. A partition for vanity cases and the like comprising side members having intermediateportions lying side by side, and end ginally connected, portions extending obliquely from the ends of the intermediate portions, and terminal portions extending at an angle from the oblique portions.

4. The combination with a vanity case having front and rear walls and connecting end walls, and a partition disposed within the case and comprising side members having intermediate portions marginally con nected and having terminal portions bearing frictionally against the inner faces of the front and back walls of the case and having their extremities located substantially at the point of juncture of the end walls of the case with the said front and back walls.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

\ WILLIAMG. KENDALL. a s.]

mediate portions lying side by side and mar- 

